Ashley Barno started receiving text messages from a phone number she didn’t know commenting on many personal things about her–what flight she was on, how attractive she was, and the creepiest of all to me, a text describing her current outfit. The anonymous texter confessed he was an American Airlines …
Read More »How a Weird American Airlines Bug Almost Delivered Me to the Wrong Airport
I just had a second experience with a strange booking bug. Â The weirder part is that my first experience was on the US Airways system and the second experience was on the American Airlines system. Â But the same thing happened. Two Years Ago First, my previous experience. Â I booked a …
Read More »Let’s Pour One Out for the US Airways Boeing 737-400….
An era has ended.  Piedmont Airlines (now part of US Airways) was the first to use the Being 737-400. And now they’ve used their last. According to the Desert Sun: The aircraft — tail number N435US — flew from Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth to Philadelphia before returning to Charlotte on …
Read More »The Winner of the $50 Amazon Gift Card, plus US Airways vs. American Results!
Random.org has spoken and the winner is…. The proof that these results are truly random–the winner voted for American Airlines.  <long sigh> Here’s the original post. And American Airlines won the poll overall.  I’m sure it didn’t help that Ed did some last minute muckracking.  (Beltway insider, really?) Anyway, this “rivalry” …
Read More »Vote Now! US Airways or American Airlines?
Ed from Pizza in Motion has posted a poll where you can vote on who has the better upgrade process:  US Airways or American Airlines. For details on the two programs: I wrote a detailed argument on why US Airways clearly has the better product. Ed wrote an argument for why …
Read More »Is US Airways’ Upgrade Process TOO Equitable?
I wrote a post for Pizza in Motion laying out why the US Airways upgrade procedure is better than American’s Airlines’. Please note, we are only talking about the procedure.  I don’t think either of us would argue that US Airways’ first-class product is better than American’s (and I don’t think Doug …
Read More »Why US Airways’ Upgrade System is Better (And Why Pizza is Wrong)
Pizza in Motion has my explanation as to why the US Airways upgrade process is better than American’s. I am not arguing that the US Airways product is better. Check out my reasons why on Ed’s post here. Afterwards, he’s going to attempt wrote a rebuttal. Also, if you would like to side …
Read More »US Airways vs. American Airlines Plus Win $50
Ed, my nemesis friend over at Pizza in Motion, is going to host a poll determining which upgrade procedure is better–US Airways or American Airlines. Note: this is about the procedure and not the product. Well, we all know how I feel, but I still needed to convince him.  I will have …
Read More »Ending the Quest for Top Status?
I’ve been a business traveler who logs a lot of mileage going to and from meetings. But I’ve recently proposed that I fly less for my role, given all the technology out there. It’s good business sense. But what does this mean for Jeanne, the traveler? I’ve been thinking about …
Read More »US Airways & American Airlines Elite Qualifying Miles Will Combine Starting in 2015
An e-mail went out to status holders on US Airways in regards to upgrades on American Airlines.  But the very bottom of the email addressed a question lingering in the backs of our minds: Will the elite qualifying miles from US Airways and American Airlines be combined for status in 2015? …
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